da sander help

[pleej]

I bought this storm da sander from ebay befor xmas, used it for like 20mins,worked great.
now ive come to use it and its not working right, it spins but its chucking way too much air out of the air vac pipe so the motors not spinning as fast as it should, when you go to us it all it does is stops.

also i got a velcro pad with it too, how do i change the pads on for the stick on to the velcro one, ive looked and cant see any way of locking it to unscrew the pad off.

any help would be great ,thanks

 

[jaykay]

first,oil the da everytime you use it.
there should be aflat on the shaft where pads screw in that you can grip it and a quick anti clock wise twist and it should undo.

 

[pleej]

aaa oil lol works now , many thanks haha

back to the pad, ther is like a slim nut i was holding and trying to twist the pad off, in must be way way too tight or it come's off another way

 

[pedrobedro]

It might be a left hand thread.

 

[the snooper]

It might be a left hand thread.

they are right handed or they would screw themselves off in operation

you have to hold the shaft them sometimes give it a whack on the edge with your pakm to move them

 

[pleej]

i never got a tool with the sander, ill have to make somthing up

 

[the snooper]

mine has 2 flats on it just use a spanner to hold then unscrew pad

 

[pleej]

the gap's only 2mm wide to fit the spanner, so i'll have to make somthing

 

[the snooper]

do you have a grinder spanner they are usually a 17mm and thin if so try that

 

[jaykay]

yep,we all have to grind a spanner to fit.and it is right handed thread.

 

[pleej]

thats what i was thinking of lol

you would have thought it would come with the spanner aswell